When the ball left the free-throw shooter’s hands it scored VCU’s 59th point; the Rams defeated the Hampton Pirates on Saturday night by a score of 59-to-54. Name the shooter.
Fan Tales
December 3, 2008
Where’s the General’s sword?
Larry Hall's Time Capsule in today's RT-D is set in Monroe Park; it's about Gen. William Carter Wickham's lost sword. W ...
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September 29, 2008
The price of free speech
Given that in Richmond the proper meaning of the words and deeds of Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) is still hotly debated ...
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August 11, 2008
Chasing Dignity
“…Now once more the belt is tight and we summon the proper expression of horror as we look back at our waste ...
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July 9, 2008
Mondo Softball
The video linked to below is a promo for a show about softball that ran locally on cable television in 1990. Mondo Softb ...
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June 19, 2008
Mural for Jonny Z
Writing for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, with his article "Scenes from a golden life," Bill Lohmann tells a heartwarming ...
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June 18, 2008
Remembering what matters
Reading about extreme weather, I was reminded of the twister I saw/endured 40 years ago. It had been heading straigh ...
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May 10, 2008
When Elvis played live in the Fan District
After his stint in the Navy guitarist Scotty Moore found his way to Memphis, met Sam Phillips and began an association w ...
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May 6, 2008
Living in the Moment
The entire White House grounds and Lafayette Park were surrounded by DeeCee transit system buses, parked snugly end-to-e ...
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April 28, 2008
The Crabfolder
Carlos Runcie Tanaka, a Peruvian sculptor of what one brief biography called, “of mixed Japanese and European ancestry ...
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April 8, 2008
Old Fan restaurants quiz
It seems some folks enjoy remembering old dives, eateries and clubs that were once a part of the Fan District's restaura ...
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Film
- ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ at Science Museum
- Double Feature at Visual Arts Center
- RMIC’s 6th Italian Fest
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Food
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Live Music
- ‘The Nutcracker’ at the Landmark
- Live music in Monroe Park: Beastie Boys and Sheryl Crow
- 40th birthday party in Monroe Park
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Museums
- New VMFA exhibit: ‘Under a Virginia Sky’
- Model trains exhibit at Science Museum
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Performance
- House of Freaks interview (1990)
- ‘Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge’
- ‘Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad’
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